Judicial officers

Chief Magistrate

Justice Lisa Hannan is Victoria’s chief magistrate and has the responsibility of: 

• assigning duties to judicial officers
• making court rules in consultation with deputy chief magistrates
• issuing practice directions
• performing statutory functions.

Deputy Chief Magistrates

Ms Susan Wakeling and Mr Timothy Bourke are Victoria’s deputy chief magistrates who have the responsibility of:

• undertaking duties assigned by the chief magistrate
• acting as the chief magistrate in the absence of the chief magistrate.   

Magistrates

MCV has 132 magistrates who sit at the court's 51 venues. There are also 20 magistrates who sit at the Children's Court (CHC) and three who sit at the Coroners Court (CCOV).

Ms Marita Altman
Ms Megan Aumair
Mr Julian Ayres
Ms Donna Bakos
Mr Guillaume Bailin
Mr Stephen Ballek
Ms Julia Barling
Ms Hayley Bate
Ms Luisa Bazzani
Mr John Bentley
Ms Amina Bhai
Ms Jacqueline Billings (CHC)
Ms Angela Bolger
Ms Jade Bott
Ms Caroline Boult
Ms Jennifer Bowles (CHC)
Ms Felicity Broughton
Mr Gerard Bryant
Ms Abigail Burchill
Mr Tony Burns
Ms Carolyn Burnside
Ms Alexandra Burt
Mr Darrin Cain (CHC)
Mr Vincenzo Caltabiano
Ms Suzanne Cameron
Ms Victoria Campbell
Mr Andrew Capell
Ms Megan Casey
Mr Michael Coghlan
Ms Ann Collins
Mr Gregory Connellan
Ms Erica Contini (CHC)
Ms Suzette Dootjes
Mr Peter Dotchin (CHC)
Ms Alanna Duffy
Mr Peter Dunn
Ms Rosemary Falla  
Ms Kathryn Fawcett
Mr Bernard FitzGerald
Ms Lesley Fleming (CHC)
Mr Leon Fluxman
Mr Justin Foster
Ms Belinda Franjic
Mr Timothy Gattuso
Ms Jane Gibson (CHC)
Mr Kieran Gilligan
Mr Phillip Goldberg
Ms Anne Goldsbrough
Ms Julie Grainger
Mr Timothy Greenway
Ms Kirstie Grigor
Mr Martin Grinberg
Ms Jennifer Grubissa
Mr Simon Guthrie
Mr Andrew Halse
Ms Robyn Hamilton (CHC)
Mr John Hardy
Ms Tara Hartnett
Ms Annabel Hawkins (CHC)
Ms Jacqueline Hawkins (CCOV)
Ms Fiona Hayes
Ms Natalie Heynes
Mr Timothy Hoare
Ms Meghan Hoare
Ms Michelle Hodgson
Ms Cecily Hollingworth
Mr Franz Holzer
Ms Gail Hubble (CHC)
Mr Trieu Huynh
Ms Audrey Jamieson (CCOV)
Ms Meagan Keogh
Mr Graeme Keil
Mr Russell Kelly
Mr Costas Kilias
Dr Michael King
Mr Randall Kune (CHC)
Ms Heather Lambrick
Ms Elizabeth Langdon (CHC)
Mr David Langton
Mr Nunzio La Rosa
Mr Rohan Lawrence
Mr Stephen Lee
Mr Dominic Lennon
Mr Gerard Lethbridge
Ms Denise Livingstone
Ms Cynthia Lynch
Ms Mary-Anne MacCallum
Ms Ann McGarvie
Ms Jan Maclean
Ms Kay MacPherson (CHC)
Ms Urfa Masood
Mr Ross Maxted
Ms Therese McCarthy
Mr Andrew McKenna
Mr Michael McNamara
Ms Sharon McRae
Ms Frances Medina
Mr Peter Mellas
Ms Johanna Metcalf
Mr Peter Mithen
Ms Helen Murphy
Ms Michelle Mykytowycz
Mr John O'Callaghan
Ms Julie O'Donnell
Mr Jason Ong
Ms Kim Parkinson (CHC)
Mr Shiva Pillai (CHC)
Ms Roslyn Porter
Ms Samantha Poulter
Ms Vicky Prapas
Mr Hugh Radford
Ms Lucy Raponi (CHC)
Mr Michael Richards
Mr Gregory Robinson
Ms Kay Robertson
Ms Kristen Rose (CHC)
Mr Mark Sabljak
Mr Ronald Saines
Mr Andrew Sim
Ms Sharon Smith (CHC)
Mr Brett Sonnet
Mr Patrick Southey
Ms Paresa Spanos (CCOV)
Ms Pauline Spencer
Ms Helen Spowart
Mr David Starvaggi
Mr Robert Stary
Ms Melissa Stead (CHC)
Ms Fiona Stewart
Mr Mark Stratmann
Ms Jacinta Studham
Ms Stella Stuthridge
Ms Mia Stylianou
Ms Kimberley Swadesir
Mr Charles Tan
Mr Greg Thomas
Mr Malcolm Thomas
Ms Noreen Toohey
Ms Cynthia Toose
Ms Letizia Torres
Ms Jennifer Tregent
Ms Olivia Trumble
Ms Belinda Wallington
Mr Tim Walsh
Ms Nahrain Warda
Mr Mike Wardell             
Mr Ian Watkins
Mr Matthew White
Mr Michael Wighton
Mr Jarrod Williams
Ms Christina Windisch
Mr Simon Zebrowski
Mr Francis Zemljak (CHC) 

Reserve Magistrates

Reserve magistrates sit on an as needed basis in the absence of full-time magistrates.  

Ms Susan Armour
Mr Ross Betts
Mr Barry Braun
Mr Brian Clifford
Mr Bruce Cottrill
Mr Rodney Crisp
Mr John Doherty
Ms Michelle Ehrlich 
Mr David Faram
Ms Margaret Harding
Mr Jonathan Klestadt
Mr Bob Kumar
Ms Cathy Lamble
Mr John Lesser
Mr Gregory Levine
Mr Lance Martin
Mr Ian McGrane
Mr Gregory McNamara
Mr Peter Mealy
Mr Daniel Muling
Ms Jelena Popovic 
Mr Steven Raleigh
Mr Peter Reardon
Mr Duncan Reynolds
Mr Charlie Rozencwajg 
Mr Barry Schultz
Mr Michael Smith
Mr Paul Smith
Mr Alan Spillane
Mr Iain West
Mr Brian Wright

Judicial Registrars

Judicial registrars help manage the court’s workload by hearing matters prescribed by the Magistrates' Court (Judicial Registrars) Rules 2015.

Mr Julian Bartlett
Mr Michael Bolte
Ms Shannon Dellamarta
Ms Samantha Dixon
Ms Kristie Eales
Mr Gavin Green
Mr Michael Gurvich
Mr Anthony Gwynne
Ms Leah Hickey
Mr Barry Johnstone
Ms Stephanie Keogh-Barnes
Ms Alison Paton
Ms Katherine Rynne
Ms Angela Soldani 
Ms Allison Vaughan
Mr John Wieladek